Burning Bright - A Legend of Korra Fic

Chapter 26 - "Yeah! Go For It, Bro!"

"Magnet suit test successful. Power down," Varrick said

Zhu Li pulled a long cable powering down the suit causing everything that had stuck to it to drop to the floor.

"On to phase two: Zhu Li cleans up this mess," Varrick said before walking off.

"Chai are you okay?" Mako asked concerned, leaning over the table.

The girl had dropped back into a full backbend bridge, she was still in that position, her eyes wide with a far off look on her face.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm good....I just saw my life flash before my eyes." Chai pursed her lips in thought. "I regret nothing."

"Yes right there. The way the dragon sits on your head shows the internal struggle that plagues your soul." Huan said

"Really?" Chai said

Chai was once again modeling for Huan, standing in a pose rather familiar to her. She was in the first stance of the dancing dragon, and Dawn sat atop her head coiled up like a snake.

"Don't move a single inch," Huan said

Chai smiled. "You got it!"

Also, a part of the little art session was Mako. Watching from across the way, eyes narrowed, arms crossed as his fingers digging into his arms.

"What are you doing?"

Mako jumped turning around. Asami was standing behind Mako, a hand on her hip, a bow raised.

"Nothing. I'm doing nothing," Mako quickly said before walking away.

Suyin had been teaching Korra to metalbend, and she picked it up rather quickly.

"Congratulations. You're the first metal bending Avatar."

Bolin meekly walked up to the two. "So, umm, I've been thinking, and I'd like to try to learn metalbending. I mean, I'm sure you have a waiting list or something of a couple of years so."

Suyin walked up putting a hand on Bolin's shoulder. "Let's get started."

Suddenly the ground beneath the four starts to crack and everyone turns to see an angrily panting Lin.

"I think Lin is mad about something," Bolin whispered to Korra.

"Su, it's time we talk," Lin said

"After thirty years, you're finally ready to talk?" Suyin said

"When we were in Mom's office that day, you could've taken responsibility for what you did. But instead, you stayed quiet and let Mom throw her whole career away," Lin said

"Mom didn't throw her career away. She retired the next year. She was a hero," Suyin said

"You think she wanted to retire? She was so guilt-ridden about what she did to protect you that she didn't feel worthy of her badge," Lin said

"Look, I admit that I was not a perfect kid and I've made some mistakes in the past but-"

Lin guffawed. "You made some mistakes?"

"Lin, Mom and I already talked about this years ago and worked things out. If you had gotten together with us like we'd asked, you would know that I'm a different person now. I've been a different person for a long time," Suyin said

"You think that just because you live in a big, fancy house, and have a chef who cooks you fancy food, that you're a different person? Maybe you could fool everyone else, but you can't fool me. I see right through you," Lin said